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BONUS EPISODE: How To Make Work More Energising (Chapter 1 Feel-Good Productivity)
Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal
The Biology of Joy: Lessons from Rat Play
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Emotions are not exclusive to humans as rats have been shown to experience joy through play, indicating that emotions originate from more primitive brain areas like the amygdala. Play releases dopamine in rats, making them feel good and displaying behaviors that resemble joy. This suggests that finding joy is not solely reliant on the complex cerebral cortex but also on basic parts of the brain that release feel-good hormones like dopamine. By studying what triggers dopamine release, humans can also find happiness and engagement in their activities.
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